The landscape of the solo piano is rich and vast—and of the many composers who’ve created keyboard music down the centuries, Bach and Chopin stand like twin peaks.

Programme

Bach/Petri – Sheep May Safely Graze
Bach – Partita No 1 in B-flat major
Bach/Kempff – Siciliano from Flute Sonata No. 2
Bach/Hess – Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring
Bach/Busoni – Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g’mein
Bach/Busoni – Chaconne from violin Partita No. 2

INTERVAL

Chopin – Etude in A-flat Op 25 No 1 ‘Aeolian Harp’
Chopin – Etude in C-sharp min Op 25 No 7 ‘Cello’
Chopin – Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-sharp minor Op posth 66
Chopin – Three Waltzes Op 34
Chopin – Nocturne in E-flat major Op 55 No 2
Chopin – Polonaise in A-flat major Op 53 ‘Heroic’